I've been experimenting with a ten gallon Chinese porcelain bowl as a suitable aquarium over the years. I'd had pretty good success using a Fluval cannister set up and a couple of sprigs of anubias barteri The bowl gets about an hour of direct sunlight a day. Things were fine until I started...

So I have been doing a LOT of research lately because I have a east facing window in my bedroom which means I can make a tank that’s as ugly and naturalistic as I want it to be. So why shouldn’t I do a coldwater el natural microfauna blackwater aquarium which would be based on the pantanal and...

Okay so I am halfway into my first planted tank build and I am still on the ropes as to what carpeting plant I want. Leaning toward Crypt Parva but worried it may be too slow growing. Goal: Lower Maintenance carpeting plant, not necessarily low tech. Around 200 square inches of carpet. On...

Day 1 versus day 35 I know I haven't been following the Walstad method strictly in terms of plant choice, but I want to try things out and see what happens. :p Tank size: 10 gallon Substrate: 1 inch organic soil, topped with 1/2 inch 2-3mm size dark gravel Temperature 24-26 Celcius pH 7.5...

I have done high-tech planted tanks in the past and am starting the hobby again. I had already begun a tank with the dry start method (DSM) before coming across Diana Walstad's work. I was so intrigued I bought her book immediately. However, my DSM is already 2 weeks old and I have already...